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NAME
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Laurie Liss
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AGENCY
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Sterling Lord Literistic Inc.
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AAR MEMBER
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Yes
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EMAIL
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laurie@sll.com
Does not accept email queries.
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AGENCY WEB SITE
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http://www.sll.com/
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FICTION GENRES
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Literary Fiction
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Commercial Fiction
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Women's Fiction
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Family Saga
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Historical Fiction
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Thrillers/Suspense
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Gay & Lesbian
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NONFICTION GENRES
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Religion
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Science
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Memoirs
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Spirituality
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Current Affairs
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Gay & Lesbian
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Cultural/Social Issues
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Technology
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Journalism
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CURRENT STATUS
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This agent is closed to queries
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MORE INFORMATION
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SPECIAL INTERESTS
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Her list represents her broad-based tastes, but generally she looks for books with heart, which will positively impact society.
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Among her nonfiction clients are doctors, journalists, athletes, chefs, comedians and clergy.
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Her novelists include full-time writers, journalists and lawyers.
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DOES NOT REPRESENT
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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FACTS/TIDBITS
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Laurie Liss is a vice president and partner at Sterling Lord Literistic. She represents authors of commercial and literary fiction and nonfiction whose perspectives are well developed and unique. She has made it a point of her career to nurture young and unpublished authors, as well as self-published and 'under-published' writers.
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EDUCATION
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NEW DEALS
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PAST/PRESENT CLIENTS
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The Bridges of Madison County
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Robert James Waller
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Women's Fiction
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Warner Books; (April 13, 1992) |
When Robert Kincaid drives through the heat and dust of an Iowa summer and turns into Francesca Johnson's farm lane looking for directions, the world-class photographer and the Iowa farm wife are joined in an experience that will haunt them forever
View book at Amazon
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Devil's Plaything
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Matt Richtel
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Thrillers/Suspense
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Harper (May 31, 2011) |
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Matt Richtel's neuro-thriller about the collision of cutting-edge brain research and high-technology
View book at Amazon
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LINKS
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http://www.writersdigest.com/articles/interview/liss_writing_career.asp?secondarycategory=Fiction+Subhome+Page
Interview with Laurie Liss on Writer's Digest.com
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